Tie-wire clamp.



PATENTED MAY G. WRIGLEY. TIE WIRECLAMP. APPLICATION FILED 111N231, i907.

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GEORGEWRIGLEY, or GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

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Beit known that I, GEORGE WRIGLEY, a IhIZGH, ,of the United States,residing at .Greenyille, iintlie county of Greenyille and I; StateioflSouth-f-Carolina, have invented oer-- tain new and .iuseful Imrovements'in Tie- ..fWire .Clamps; and I 'do: ereb y declare thefollowingtobefa full, clear, and exact dejoining the two legs.

I scriptionfof theiinvention, suchas will enable others skilled in theart to which'it appertains to make and use the same The object ofmyinvention is toproduce a tie wire clamp which shall be cheato-produce,'readily attached to the insu ator and to the electricconductor, and which shall hold the two firmly in contact after the saidclamp is once in-place.

To these ends my invention consists in two U-shaped metallic strips, andeach leg of the same preferably broader than the ortion These U-shapestrips may be readily stamped out of sheet metal or any other suitablematerial, and the legs of the U as'readily perforated with the holesshown. After these strips have been produced in the manner indicated, orin any other manner, they are taken in pairs, bent into half circles inany suitable manner, as over a suitable former, for example, or merelyaround the insulator, and the perforations-in the legs of the Us ofoneiset of strips made to register with those in the legs of the Us ofanother set of strips, as shown in the drawm s.

lleferring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification: Figure 1 represents an insulator and wire with my tieclamp in. lace. Fig. 2 represents a side eleration o the clamp and wirewithout the insulator. Fig. 3 is a plan View of one of the 'strips outof which my clamp is formed. Fig. 4 is a like view of another strip, andFig.

5'shows the bolt for securing the parts to-' with legs D, and the legsare provided with holes G, as shown. The portion of the U joining saidlegs is preferably narrower than said legs althpu h this is notessential.

In operatioii, t e legs'D of the clamps are,

Specification of Letters Patent. .App1 ication ii1ed tim 21, 1907.serial No. 380,062.

su' stantial Patented May 19, 1908.

i or may be bent so as to occupy planes at approximately right angles tothe plane'of that part of the U which connects said legs. The stri s arenext bent into approximately half circ es, and applied to the insulator.The strips E are next bent over a suitable former an its legs providedwith the hles F hooked over the wire, and placed between the legs D ofthe strips 0, as shownin Figs. 1 and'2, with the perforations in eachpair of legs registering. Afterthis is done, any suitable fastening H isassed through said perforations, and the w .olesecu'rely clamped inplace.

When the tie is placed-0n the insulator, as

shown in Fig. 1, and the bolt passed through the erforation, the stripsE can be adjusted .to t the angle which a conductor assumes when leavingthe insulator, thereby 0bviat ing a shar bend. in the conductor at thispoint. This adjustable feature is an important part of my'invention asit admits of alinement of the parts, while in no way preventing themfrom being firmly bound together and fixed in position.

Having now described my'invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

1. A tie wire clamp comprising two stri s,

each strip having two erfora'ted le'gs, te perforations in the legs 0the one strip adapted to register with the perforations in the legs of.the other strip when the clamp isinplace', a third strip provided withperforations adapted to assover the wire and fit between the legs 0 saidfirst stri s and have its perforations register with t ose in said firststrips,- and suitable fastening means providing an adjustable 'oint forand between said strips, substantial y as described.

- 2. A tie wire ,clamp comprising two U- shaped strips having legsprovided with perforations and the strips bent into shape to fit aninsulator, a perforation in each leg of one strip ada ted to registerwith a perforation in a legof t ev other strip when the clam is inplace, and two other strips provide( with perforations and adapted to bebent into oops and slipped over the ire, with-the ends of the loopsfitting the legs of the first strips andmeans passing through theperforations in all of the strips and thereby providing an ad'ustable'oint for'and, between the same,

1 y as described. I

3. A tie wire clamp, comprising a pair of U-shaped flexible stripshaving legs provided with perforations and the strips adapted to be'bent to fit an insulator, and each leg of theU te loep over the Wireand fit between the perforetedlegs of the first pair of strips, substan-'tisi ly as described.

4. A tie wire clamp comprising a pair of fill-shaped flexible strips C,haying legs D, of a larger size than the body of the U, and proii-(ledwith the holes C, said legs occupying planes et substantially rightangles to'the 15 planes e'f the said body portions, and said bodyvpintiens bent into semi-eireular forms,

' the said les whereby the said holes D of one stri register with thecorresponding holes of t e other strip when the tie is in place, a.second air of strips E, each provided with two ho es F, bent to loopover the wire and fitting between D with the holes G regis with the hoes F and a. bolt H passing throug said holes G and F, and forming sinadjustable joint for and between the parts, substantmlly as'clescribed.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses.

GEORGE WRIGLEY. Witnesses L. D. SPANK,

D. A. HnNmN-e, J1.

